October 3, 2016 @ 1:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, real estate marketplace lending platform Money360 announced it provided a $8.5 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a K-12 charter school located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. According to the platform, the new loan will allow the borrower to pay off a maturing… Read More

October 3, 2016 @ 11:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just hours after restaurant chain M launched its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, the London-based company has successfully secured £1.2 million out of its £1.3 million funding goal. The company opened its award-winning multifaceted venue, M Threadneedle Street, in November 2014 and opened its second venue, M… Read More

October 3, 2016 @ 10:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Impact Guru, an India-based “full stack crowdfunding solution,” announced on Monday it has formed a partnership with crowdfunding platform, GlobalGiving, to promote the joy of giving during the 2016 Daan Utsav. Impact Guru stated that the companies will t host an online crowdfunding contest during the… Read More

October 3, 2016 @ 8:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Cyanide & Happiness announced it was starting to ship its Kickstarter-funded  card game, Joking Hazard. The popular webcomic launched its campaign on the crowdfunding giant’s platform earlier this year and raised a grand total of $3,246,588 from 63,758 backers. This made Joking Hazard the… Read More

October 1, 2016 @ 10:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, UK-based Wantsum Brewery launched a campaign on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise£250,000 as it prepares to expand its brewery plant. Sharing details about the brewery’s growth, the Wantsum Brewery team stated it is a craft brewery that produces largely cask ales and… Read More

September 30, 2016 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, New Zealand-based crowdfunding platform PledgeMe announced it was hitting the road again for a new North Island tour. This past spring, the funding portal conducted a “Tour de South Island” to share with orders the concept of equity crowdfunding. The PledgeMe team revealed:… Read More

September 30, 2016 @ 3:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Söderlund International’s HUONE Hotel finished its equity crowdfunding run on Invesdor. The Helsinki-based firm secured €565,794 for the meeting and event hotel’s new Singapore location. To date, the HUONE Hotel has won a total of six awards, which includes Best Event Venue in Finland… Read More

September 30, 2016 @ 2:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based tea brand Tiosk successfully secured its initial 120,000 funding goal less than a week after launching its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company sought to raise the funds as it prepares to develop its dry tea packaging and new products. Led by former directors of… Read More

September 30, 2016 @ 1:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, music industry leaders Abbey Konowitch, founder/executive producer and former record/television executive at MTV, Disney Music, and Madonna’s Maverick Records), Rob Cavallo, executive music producer, and Tommy Tallarico, creative director and creator of Video Games Live, teamed up to launch a new crowdfunding venture on… Read More

September 30, 2016 @ 11:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly four and a half years after securing $2.9 million from 61,290 backers on Kickstarter for its video game Wasteland 2, video game studio inXile Entertainment is set to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Fig for the third game of the series, Wasteland 3. Wasteland 3… Read More

September 30, 2016 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube comes to an end, child safety app Azoomee has successfully secured its initial £450,000 funding goal and is nearing £525,000 thanks to over 175 investors. As previously reported, Azoomee allows children between the ages of… Read More

September 30, 2016 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Indiegogo announced it has teamed up with General Assembly, 500 Startups, TechStars, Startups.co, and Rent the Runway to present Startup Fundraising 101, a guide that reveals the pros and cons of finding funding. The guide will also walk readers through crowdfunding, bootstrapping, and even… Read More

September 30, 2016 @ 9:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) announced it has made an equity investment in California fintech firm, InvestCloud. The banking giant also confirmed it has formed a strategic partnership with InvestCloud to accelerate its development of brand new digital capabilities for individual investors… Read More

September 29, 2016 @ 4:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Super Troopers 2 star Paul Soter announced that the highly anticipated comedy is heading into the post-production phase. In an update post, Soter stated that the cast and crew already had their wrap party, even though there was still about a week to… Read More

September 29, 2016 @ 3:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

California-based fintech startup Kyriba Corp. announced on Thursday it has successfully secured $23 million during its recent Series D funding round, which was led by Bpifrance. Additional investors included HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) and Daher Capital. The company stated it plans to use the funds to deepen its… Read More

September 29, 2016 @ 2:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the launch of its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, London startup CityFALCON has been selected to join Octopus Labs’ Fintech Accelerator program. As previously reported, CityFACLON has received awards from Twitter, Ontario, UBS, SB. The company stated it is redefining how financial news is… Read More

September 29, 2016 @ 1:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, crowdfunding platform for music, PledgeMusic, announced it has officially finalized its acquisition of Set.fm and has appointed founder and CEO of Set.Fm, Matt Peterson, as its Austin general manager.  Peterson will be reporting to PledgeMusic’s CEO Dominic Pandiscia. Launched in 2012 by Peterson, Set.fm allows… Read More

September 29, 2016 @ 12:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fig Publishing, Inc., a crowdfunding and publishing platform that allows non-accredited investors to financially support video game development and publishing, announced on Thursday it secured SEC qualification to issue Double Fine’s Psychonauts 2 game shares. Fig stated it would be the first and only company to allow fans… Read More

September 29, 2016 @ 10:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, technology startup Kano returned to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise $500,000 for its new creative computer systems. The company previously secured $1,522,160 from 13,387 backers for its small, DIY Raspberry Pi-powered computer. According to Kano, the new computer sets are the following: The Camera… Read More

September 29, 2016 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Kickstarter announced it was set to present The Future Fablab, which is described as a collection of machines that turn digital dreams into physical reality, at World Maker Faire 2016 at the New York Hall of Science this weekend (October 1st and 2nd)…. Read More